Environmental Health Specialist-Sanitarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Environmental Health Specialists enforce the governments’ rules and regulations. It is there job to advise their clients as well as improve the current conditions. They will take and analyze samples. They will develop informational programs and decide if something has to go to waste or not.

Salary: $25,000 - $50,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED is needed to start. A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is needed in environmental health or environmental engineering.

 

Reflection: I don’t think that I would like to have this career because it doesn’t really seem to interest me.

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: A health information specialist analyzes all data that has to do with the hospital and finance wise. They provided this information so that the practitioners know how to care and what to provide for the patients. There are three different parts to the health information specialist and they are the coding specialist, record technicians, and record administrators.

Salary: $20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)  $23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians) 

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Education: to become a coding specialist you must have a high school diploma or GED. Training is usually done on the job but there are classes offered at technical school and community colleges and you must pass an examination. Record technicians must earn an associate’s degree and as well pass an exam. A record administrator must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass an exam.

 

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this career because it doesn’t seem interesting to me.

 

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Health Sciences Librarians along with Library Technicians organize and collect medical information and help out in finding needed information regarding patient care, education, research and administration. They use a lot of books and other library material.

Salary: $20,000 - $30,000 (Library Technicians) $35,000 - $55,000 (Librarians) 

Education: Some work places provide training while others require you to go to a community college or technical school. An associate’s degree would also be useful. You should also earn a undergraduate degree in a life science and masters in library science.

 

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this career because it doesn’t s

Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Home health Aides work for companies who provide in home assistance to the ill or in need. They usually take the temperature, blood pressure, and pulse of the patients.  They also assist their patients in case they need help getting out of bed, changing, or taking a shower.

Salary: $8,000 - $18,000

Education: To be a Home Health Aide you basically just need a high school diploma or GED. However some community colleges offer training.

 

I don’t think I would like to be a Home Health Aide because it doesn’t seem so interesting to me and I wouldn’t like it to be my career.

 

 

Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Healthcare administrators direct and manage healthcare facilities such as hospitals and clinics. They are responsible for almost everything like getting the requirements needed and paying bills.

Salary: $35,000 - $100,000

Education: You will need a high school diploma or GED. You will need a master’s degree in healthcare administration or business administration.

Reflection: I think that I would like to be a Healthcare administrator because it seems like a fun and exciting job.

Health Information specialist

 

Duties and Responsibilities: A health information specialist obtains and analyzes medical insurance data so that they know what kind of health care should be provided to the patients. There is a variety of jobs around this one who work together to get the job done.

Salary: $20,000 - $40,000

Education: Students should have a high school diploma or a GED. They should also take high school courses such as business, information management, science, math, and English. Training is usually done on the job but there are classes available at trade schools and community colleges. 

Answer: I wouldn’t like to be a Health Information Specialist because it does not seem to interest me, it seems to boring.

 

Health Educator

 

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. Health Educators often:

·       Perform health training needs assessments.

·       Design and develop health education programs.

·       Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.

·       Develop health education curriculum.

·       Teach health in public and private schools.

Average Salary: $20,000 - $35,000

Education Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public school requires a master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

I don’t think I would like to be an health educator because I don’t really have patience for most stuff.

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Environmental Health Specialist  

Duties and Responsibilities: As an Environmental Health Specialist you check and state health. You also enforce safety codes. You will also conduct experiments to check for hazards everywhere. In this work position you will also find other little jobs that you will have to do.

Average Yearly Salary: $70,512.00 - $84,489.60

Education: You will need to a high school diploma or GED. You will also need to graduate from a 4 year college or university and major in environmental health science or a closely related field.  

 

Answer: I would like to have this job because it looks like you will always have something to do and not get bored. It also looks like an interesting job and it also looks like you will always be moving from place to place.

 

Health Information Specialist

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Educational Requirements

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become an certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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